Weekly bulletins, monthly newsletters, and a message from the pastor.
Worship is this Sunday at 11:00 AM.
Pastor Ben will share “Life Is Good” from 1 Peter 1:3–9. Through Christ’s resurrection, we have received the inheritance of God’s grace and the freedom to live without fear.
Community Table will be held Saturday from 4:00–4:30 PM, served by the Cheverton Team.
Brown Bag Bible Study meets Monday, July 6, from 12:00–1:00 PM at Unity Christian Church. This week’s readings are Matthew 13:1–9 and Ephesians 3:14–21.
Upcoming Community Table Teams
July 4: Cheverton Team
July 11: St. Jude Team
July 18: Lemmon Team
Craig Springs Camp
Triple 1 Camp will be held July 5–10. Wyatt Gill and Bryant Baker will be attending.
New Covenant Camp will be held July 12–16, followed by Triple 2 Camp from July 19–24 and Family Camp from July 24–26.
Unity has a tradition of sending cards of encouragement to our campers. Cards for New Covenant should be mailed by July 9, and cards for Triple 2 should be mailed by July 15.
Independence Day Celebration
Our friends at Nineveh invite everyone to an Independence Day celebration and the Radford fireworks display Friday, July 3, beginning at 7:30 PM.
There will be food, drinks, games, a campfire, and a view of the fireworks at 201 Harvey Street.
August Kids
Thank you to everyone who donated to this year’s August Kids drive. Unity contributed a total of $1,473 to help Radford children purchase new school clothing and shoes.
Bible Readings This Week
Our daily readings continue through the Psalms, covering Psalms 124–144 from July 6–12.
Serving in Worship This Sunday
Rev. Ben Moore, Amanda Talbert, Lisa Altizer, Nicole Altizer, Kelly Evans, Dwayne Dickerson, Daniel Scaletta, Anna Goodall, Treena Stike, Angela Thompson, and JC Hamilton.
July is filled with worship, Bible study, community outreach, summer camp, fellowship, and opportunities to serve at Unity Christian Church in Radford, Virginia.
This month, Pastor Ben begins a new focus on three of Jesus’ agricultural parables and the ways God works through ordinary things such as seeds, soil, neighbors, and local communities.
These parables remind us that we do not have to solve every problem or have unlimited resources to participate in God’s work. Jesus invites us to care for the people, places, and needs directly in front of us. By tending our own small part of the community with faith and compassion, we join in the larger work God is already doing.
Worship is held every Sunday at 11:00 AM at Unity Christian Church in Radford.
July worship dates are:
July 5
July 12
July 19
July 26
Visitors are always welcome to join us for Christian worship, music, prayer, communion, and fellowship.
Brown Bag Bible Study meets every Monday from 12:00–1:00 PM at Unity Christian Church.
July Bible study dates are:
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
This weekly Bible study offers an opportunity to read Scripture, ask questions, and grow in faith alongside others.
Unity Christian Church’s Community Table serves a free meal every Saturday from 4:00–4:30 PM.
Upcoming Community Table teams include:
July 4: Cheverton Team
July 11: St. Jude Team
July 18: Lemmon Team
July 25: Team to be announced
Community Table is one of Unity Christian Church’s ongoing outreach ministries serving people in Radford and the surrounding New River Valley community.
Several children from Unity Christian Church will attend summer camp at Craig Springs Camp and Conference Center during July.
Triple 1 Camp will be held July 5–10.
New Covenant Camp will be held July 12–16.
Triple 2 Camp will be held July 19–24.
Family Camp will be held July 24–26.
Unity has a tradition of sending cards of encouragement to children attending Craig Springs Camp. Cards should be mailed no later than July 2 for Triple 1, July 9 for New Covenant, and July 15 for Triple 2.
Congratulations to Unity Christian Church scholarship recipients Tristan Johnson, Emily Griffiths, Erin Wilson, and Caroline Pappas.
We are proud to support these students as they continue their education and prepare for the future.
The Unity Christian Church Board of Directors voted to extend Pastor Ben’s interim status through August 31, 2026. His interim ministry may be extended in three-month increments while the Search Team continues the process of identifying a settled pastor.
The Board and Search Team remain committed to prayerfully reviewing qualified candidates and faithfully following the pastoral search process.
Results from the Unity Christian Church Congregational Cafe survey will be shared with the congregation soon.
One of the strongest themes across the survey responses was that members describe Unity Christian Church first and foremost as a relational community. The responses reflected the congregation’s identity, culture, hopes, and concerns as church leaders continue planning for the future.
There will be no Christian Women’s Fellowship Circle meetings or CWF meetings during July.
Congratulations to Pam Vicars Runnals, who has been elected president of Christian Women’s Fellowship for the 2026–2028 term.
CWF Circle Groups are open to all women who would like to participate in a small group that meets once each month. Morning and evening meeting options are available.
Donations are being accepted for the Hollyberry Fair.
New or gently used items may be donated, but clothing cannot be accepted. Donations may be placed outside the labeled Hollyberry Fair room downstairs or left beneath the coat rack for someone to move.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the August Kids program.
This local outreach project helps provide new school clothing and shoes for children in the City of Radford before the beginning of the school year. The final donation total from Unity Christian Church and Christian Women’s Fellowship will be announced next month.
Lunch Bunch will meet Wednesday, July 22, at 12:00 PM at Sal’s Jr.
This monthly gathering offers a relaxed opportunity for food, conversation, and fellowship.
Daily Bible readings begin with the final chapters of Psalms and continue through Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, and the opening chapters of Isaiah.
Members are encouraged to follow the daily reading schedule throughout July as part of their personal prayer and Bible study.
Scott Thayer is serving as chaplain at Scouting America’s Camp Powhatan during June and July.
We are grateful for the ways members of Unity Christian Church continue serving children, families, and communities throughout Southwest Virginia.
Unity Christian Church is located in Radford, Virginia, and welcomes people from throughout Radford, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Pulaski, and the New River Valley.
Join us for Sunday worship at 11:00 AM, Brown Bag Bible Study on Mondays, Community Table on Saturdays, and other opportunities for fellowship, service, spiritual growth, and community involvement.
God is at work right here and right now. Sometimes we can get lost in the bigness of what God is doing, that God is at work everywhere and at all times, and forget that there are specifics to how and what God is doing wherever and whenever right here and right now happen to be. But God is at work right here and right now, wherever and whenever that is for you.
That same bigness of God can overwhelm us when we try to imagine what God is up to, imagine what God’s love is like, imagine what heaven is like, imagine what the kingdom of God is. But what would it look like to imagine what God could do right here in our lives, how God could and wants to change the way things are so that they become the way things should be.
As we are in this transitional space it is a great time to remember that God is seeking transition in the work that God is doing in the world. God does not want to leave us, or our world, in the state we and it are in.
Instead God is working to bring about change, to mold God’s creation into something more.
Right now, we are in the middle of a sermon series asking us to imagine the world that God is making, and what that more would look like, not in an abstract big picture way, but in its change for our lives, for our church, and for our community. Scripture, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus himself are constantly pointing us to what it is that God is up to in our lives, in our cities and towns, in our church. Then we are asked how we can join in with that work, to take that imagining and put it into practice as co-creators with God.
God is able to do, as the writer of Ephesians tells us, extraordinarily more than we can think or imagine. But God starts by doing something that could also be beyond our thinking and imagining, inviting us to be a part of that work, helping us to imagine a world that is so much more than we know, and then making that world a reality.
Thankful that I get to do this work alongside you!
Pastor Ben